Cabinet Approves Decrease in DSL Internet Fees

The Cabinet on Wednesday agreed to slash the fees of the DSL broadband internet service and this decrease will provide citizens with “good prices and good speeds,” Telecommunications Minister Jamal al-Jarrah said.

The OGERO state-run telecom operator “faces a big challenge to provide citizens with good speeds and special services and I once again thank all OGERO employees,” Jarrah added.

“The prices of some internet packages have been slashed by more than 300% at the request of Prime Minister Saad Hariri,” the minister noted.

He said OGERO teams “are working night and day to fix the grid,” adding that “the Cabinet has taken a decision to allow all DSL firms to obtain licenses.”

“We have entered a new phase and citizens have the right to get an internet service with high speeds and low prices,” Jarrah added, noting that the DSL decrease “will reflect positively on mobile internet fees.”

“The copper network has been neglected for 10 years now and it cannot currently provide the needed speeds, but OGERO is performing the needed maintenance works,” the minister noted.

“I have asked the state prosecutor to interrogate those who practiced hegemony over the fiber-optic network throughout the past years,” he added.